MSO10919 - Bronze Age burial cairn on Elsworthy Ridge (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Barrow 18 paces diameter and 2 feet high (Exmoor 7). A mutilated stony mound. Found by Charles Wybrow 9th August 1961 and visited by Grinsell 24th April 1962. [1] At SS 8077 4125 is a roughly circular area of peat and stones. It is very uneven and broken up by irregular trenches. It may be a very robbed and disturbed barrow, but is possibly dumping from adjacent peat diggings. (See GP AO/65/174/5 & 6 Stereo pair). Surveyed at 1:2500. [2-4] Two concentric stone banks enclosing mound. Outer bank 2 metres wide and 1 metres high, inner is 3 metres wide and 0.9 metres high. Central mound 5 metres by 2.5 metres high. Possibly an unfinished barrow. [5] The remains of a cairn. It lies in an area of reeds and molinia and is surrounded by old peat workings. The cairn consists of a circular spread of stones, 18.5 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high. It has been extensively robbed, in the form of a series of concentric, curving trenches cutting into the mound. In several places around the edge of the cairn, are edge set stones, possibly the remains of a kerb. [7] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [8]
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SSO1223 Article in serial: Grinsell, L V. 1969. Somerset Barrows: part 1. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 113. 32.
- <2> SMO1492 Photograph: POSSIBLE BARROW AT EXMOOR FROM WEST. OS65/F174/6. B/W. MICROFILM.
- <3> SMO1493 Photograph: POSSIBLE BARROW AT EXMOOR FROM WEST. OS65/F174/5. B/W. MICROFILM.
- <4> SMO7319 Unpublished document: PITCHER, GHP. Field Investigators Comments. Ordnance Survey visit, F1, 8 July 1965.
- <5> SSO437 Unassigned: SMR file 33058.
- <6> SEM7060 Report: McDonnell, R.. 1985. Recommendations for the Management of Archaeological Sites in the Exmoor National Park at Warren, Pinford, Tom's Hill and Hayes Allotment. 75-6 (site 197).
- <7>XY SMO7329 Unpublished document: Wilson-North, R.. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 17 November 1995. [Mapped feature: #47358 ]
- <8> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 36249, Extant 12 July 2021.
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Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO6861
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 84 SW17
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 36249
- Somerset SMR PRN: 33058
Location
Grid reference | SS 8080 4126 (point) |
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Map sheet | SS84SW |
Civil Parish | EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Jul 12 2021 2:48PM
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